Comment

Columnists and commentators focus a Christian lens on the news stories of the day. Comment is one of four key themes covered by Seen & Unseen.

Article
  1. Belief
  2. Comment
Festival goers, in a cafe tent, make drinks or sit around talking

10 things I learned from Reading Festival's teenagers

Krish Kandiah
Some uplifting down time.
7min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Sport
A gold medallist bites her medal.

What’s Simone Biles doing today?

Julia Kendal
How to live with winning and losing.
5min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Leading
An aerial photography of a huge plume of smoke from a forest fire.

Canada’s long hot summer of decline

Emerson Csorba
Courage is needed when a country starts to fall apart.
9min read
Column
  1. Comment
  2. Football
Four footballers stand arms crossed looking expectant and confident.

Is the Premier League too much of a good thing?

Jonathan Rowlands
A weary look ahead to the new season.
6min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Freedom of Belief
A toddler is held by her father while he stands next to her mother.

Iran: defender of minorities?

Steve Dew-Jones
Making such claims is part of a carefully managed facade.
5min read
Column
  1. Books
  2. Comment
A woman being interviewed gestures with a hand in front of her

Faith is no longer a dirty word in publishing

George Pitcher
Sarah Perry’s comments suggest a reawakening of concern for its observation.
4min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Community
Rioters confront police, one wearing a sinister Union Jack mask

Racism is back on the streets

Krish Kandiah
A ring-pull moment unleashes violence, what can be done?
3min read
Article
  1. Character
  2. Comment
A defeat fencer, withour a mask, turns angrily and roars.

When medal mania strikes

Paul Valler
What turns a healthy motivation to excel into a toxic desperation to achieve?
4min read
Explainer
  1. Comment
  2. Death & life
A group of grieving friends with their hands on each others backs.

Dying well: what is neglected needs to be put right

Matthew Hutton
How each of us can prepare ourselves and those we leave behind.
6min read
Article
  1. Belief
  2. Comment
A floating stage bears a flaming piano and singer standing at a mic.

Less John, more Joan. How Paris’ secular hymn fell flat

Cameron Wiltshire-Plant
Despite launching a flaming piano of peace, France missed an obvious emissary.
3min read
Column
  1. Assisted dying
  2. Comment
A hand rest gently on another outstretched hand.

Polly's pop at a "pitiless God" distorts my argument

George Pitcher
There’s more than one argument for opposing assisted dying.
4min read
Article
  1. Comment
  2. Paganism
A painting of the Last supper showing Christ and the disciples at a table.

Paris 2024 and Christianity’s opening ceremony

Tim May
A subversive Olympic opening relies on Christianity’s own beginnings.
8min read